Hairy Slitmouth
Stenotrema hirsutum (Say, 1817)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Order | Stylommatophora |
| Family | Polygyridae |
| Genus | Stenotrema |
| Species | Stenotrema hirsutum (Say, 1817) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Edmonson, Pulaski
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N2 Imperiled
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- NJ
- SNR Unranked
- District of Columbia
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- SNR Unranked
- Illinois
- SNR Unranked
- Maryland
- SNR Unranked
- Alabama
- SNR Unranked
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
- DE
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- New York
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kansas
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Bailey, V. 1933. Cave Life of Kentucky. US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, DC, USA. 256 pp.
- Barr, T.C., Jr. & Kuehne, R.A. 1971. Ecological studies in the Mammoth Cave system of Kentucky. II. The Ecosystem. Annales de Speleologie 26: 47–96. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.3.1.10
- Giovannoli, L. 1933. Invertebrate life of Mammoth and other neighboring caves. In: Bailey, V. (ed), Cave Life of Kentucky, pp. 600–623.
- Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
How to cite this account
Stenotrema hirsutum (Say, 1817). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2964. https://cavebiology.org/species/stenotrema-hirsutum/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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